The 2023 Spanish Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 8th round of the 2023 season taking place in Barcelona between the 2nd and 4th of June.

The event timetable for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 13:30 local time - 11:30 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 15:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 12:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 15:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

[cmlean]

Interesting that we are reverting back to the old configuration with the chicane before the final turn not in play this weekend.

[cmlean]

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:14.606	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:15.374	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
3	1:15.418	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
4	1:15.504	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
5	1:15.545	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
6	1:15.547	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
7	1:15.689	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
8	1:15.694	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
9	1:15.726	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
10	1:15.753	George Russell	Mercedes
11	1:15.783	Lando Norris	McLaren
12	1:15.845	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
13	1:15.906	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
14	1:15.915	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
15	1:15.939	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
16	1:15.978	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
17	1:16.353	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
18	1:16.461	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
19	1:16.506	Logan Sargeant	Williams
20	1:16.630	Alexander Albon	Williams

[cmlean]

Interesting that from P7 through to P20 are covered by less than a second. The race is shaping up to be a close affair.

[cmlean]

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:13.907	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:14.077	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
3	1:14.177	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
4	1:14.219	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
5	1:14.242	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
6	1:14.246	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
7	1:14.274	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
8	1:14.392	George Russell	Mercedes
9	1:14.448	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
10	1:14.457	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
11	1:14.549	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
12	1:14.583	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
13	1:14.585	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
14	1:14.694	Lando Norris	McLaren
15	1:14.713	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
16	1:14.785	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
17	1:14.840	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
18	1:15.010	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
19	1:15.056	Alexander Albon	Williams
20	1:15.415	Logan Sargeant	Williams

[cmlean]

Qualifying will be really interesting. There are now 17 cars covered by less than a second and even the slowest is only 1.5 seconds from pole.

[cmlean]

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:13.664	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:13.914	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
3	1:14.072	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	1:14.240	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
5	1:14.264	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
6	1:14.278	George Russell	Mercedes
7	1:14.353	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
8	1:14.360	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
9	1:14.659	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
10	1:14.681	Lando Norris	McLaren
11	1:14.681	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
12	1:14.693	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
13	1:14.756	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
14	1:14.988	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
15	1:15.105	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
16	1:15.266	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
17	1:15.534	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
18	1:15.841	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
19	1:15.851	Alexander Albon	Williams
20	1:16.529	Logan Sargeant	Williams

[cmlean]

This session started under the threat of rain with all fast times set at the beginning of the session.
Logan Sargeant ended in the barriers in the final turn bringing out the red flags just before the rain came.

[cmlean]

Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:12.272	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:12.734	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
3	1:12.792	Lando Norris	McLaren
4	1:12.816	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
5	1:12.818	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
6	1:12.994	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
7	1:13.083	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
8	1:13.229	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
9	1:13.507	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
10	1:13.682	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
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11	1:13.334	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
12	1:13.447	George Russell	Mercedes
13	1:13.521	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
14	1:14.083	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
15	1:14.477	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
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16	1:13.977	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
17	1:14.042	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
18	1:14.063	Alexander Albon	Williams
19	1:14.079	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
20	1:14.699	Logan Sargeant	Williams

[cmlean]

Pierre Gasly was given two 3 place grid penalties for impeding both Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen during qualifying.
He will drop from grid position 4 to 10th.

[cmlean]

Results

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Pos	Driver		Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
3	George Russell	Mercedes
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
6	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
9	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
11	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
12	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
13	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
14	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
16	Alexander Albon	Williams
17	Lando Norris	McLaren
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Next: Round of Canada
Date: June 16-18, 2023